Author: Lanre Babalola
Unedited: Bukola Saraki’s full statement on quitting APC
Below is the full text of the statement by the Senate President Bukola Saraki on his decision to quit the…
Alaafin of Oyo commends Gotv boxing night
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, said that the GOtv Boxing Night will “become a centerpiece in…
Ikeja Golf Club Unveils 50th Anniversary Celebration Plans
The management of Ikeja Golf Club has announced activities scheduled for the club’s 50th anniversary celebrations. The announcement was made…
Photo News: UNIBADAN names art theatre after Wole Soyinka
The University of Ibadan has named its Arts Theatre after Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate and an alumnus of…
Ecobank Victoria Island on Fire (Photos)
A huge fire has engulfed Ecobank at Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos State. Fire fighters and policemen are on…
Woman wakes up to find python in her bed
A London woman recently got the “fright of her life,” after waking up to find a 3-foot-long python curled up…
Father, Mother, Son, Girlfriend Arrested For Theft
A couple, Mr and Mrs Uroye Teddy, their son, Tega Teddy and his girlfriend, Karima Edom have been arrested by…
How “Money bags” are destroying Nigeria’s democracy
The Not-Too-Young-To-Run Movement on Monday said Nigeria’s democracy was not delivering its dividends adequately due to “money bag politics’’. A…
Grace Mugabe to face trial for assault in South Africa
A South African High Court on Monday overturned a decision by the government to grant Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace…
French parliament bans use of phones in schools
The French parliament has approved a far-reaching ban on mobile phones in schools, radio broadcaster Franceinfo reported on Monday following…
43 kidnappers, armed robbery suspects nabbed in Abia
The Police Command in Abia has arrested 43 suspects for various criminal offences including kidnapping, armed robbery, murder and defilement,…
APC sacks Saraki-controlled Kwara executives
The National Working Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissolved the Kwara State Executive of the party,…
Traffickers now recruit people for organ harvesting – NATIP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP) Monday raised the alarm that human trafficking…
Tincan Island Port generates N162b in 6 months
Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service generated a total of N162,701,701,136.83. This is against the…
GOtv Boxing Night 15: Joe Boy Retains ABU Title As Oyekola Wins N1m
Nigeria’s Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph, on Sunday night, retained his African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight title by defeating Ghana’s Nathaniel…
Gunmen kidnap 15 in Zamfara, Speaker raises the alarm
The Speaker, Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, has said that 15 persons have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen…
Mugabe asks Zimbabweans not to vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa
For former Zimbabwe leader, Robert Mugabe, it was payback time to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other coup plotters in ZANU-PF…
Kwara APC prepares for Saraki’s exit
The Kwara chapter of the All Progressives Congress is already resetting itself for life after the impending exit of Senate…
181,000 pupils sit for JSS placement test in Lagos
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) said 181,000 primary six pupils from private and the public schools across…
Nigeria recalls 2.4m bottles of codeine-laced cough syrup
The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine after a recent audit of…
SERAP drags Saraki, Senate to UN over repressive Press Council bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Mr. David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the…
Spain rescues 123 migrants
Spain’s maritime rescue service says it has saved 123 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa. The…
GOtv Boxing Night 15 Holds Today
All is set for the 15th edition of GOtv Boxing Night, which holds today at the at the Indoor Sports…
Fake journalists in trouble in Oyo as NUJ sanitises profession
Following the increasing rate of fake news in the society, the Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)…
Why Nigeria can’t severe ties with S/Africa over killings – Ex-envoy
The President of Association of Foreign Relations Professionals of Nigeria (AFRPN), Amb. Gani Lawal, has said that Nigerian cannot severe…
30 women give birth in Sokoto IDPs camp
Thirty pregnant women have given birth at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Gandi village where victims of July…
India arrests 9 Nigerian drug sellers wielding knives
Nine knife-wielding Nigerians allegedly peddling drugs in Mumbai have been arrested by India’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC). During the arrest on…
Death is inevitable, Buhari tells retired army general
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with former Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Aliyu Gusau, on the death of his wife,…
Certificate Fraud: Osun PDP Guber candidate Senator Adeleke Exposed
Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, Osun state PDP gubernatorial candidate, does not have the West African School Certificate and he did…
Photos: Agent of Importer of military uniforms arrested
The agent of the importer of military uniforms into Nigeria has been detained. The unidentified agent was arrested by officials…